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“Manusia Buatan Live @Sumedang Edgefest 2023” – Reflections on the Value of an Indonesian DIY Hardcore Video on YouTube

by Sean Martin-Iverson

Published 23/04/2025

In Media Res: a mediacommons project

A contribution to the 20 Years of YouTube and the Youth theme week for the MediaCommons online publication In Media Res (April 23, 2025). Analyses the live performance video Manusia Buatan Live @Sumedang Edgefest 2023 by Indonesian DIY hardcore band Manusia Buatan and reflects on the intersections and contradictions between DIY values and platform capitalism in relation to the uses of YouTube by the Indonesian DIY hardcore punk scene.

Available online at: https://mediacommons.org/imr/content/%E2%80%9Cmanusia-buatan-live-sumedang-edgefest-2023%E2%80%9D-%E2%80%93-reflections-value-indonesian-diy-hardcore

Dr Sean Martin-Iverson

Lecturer, School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Murdoch University

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